now. good morning, welcome, everybody, our starting point, deadly before it even makes landfall, storm debby is what we're talking about, hammering florida with extreme weather and slow moving, slow moving, sitting off the florida panhandle, outer bands whipping up dangerous surf triggering a huge water spout and debby also spawning a tornado as it drenches the coast. 2 feet can fall before it's all over. let's get right to john zarrella in clearwater florida. >> reporter: a slow moving system and this is clearwater beach, the intercoastal behind me. you can see rough the water is here. we're in a little bit of a break between the rain squalls that have been korming constantly all night long and all day yesterday. take a look over here. you can see the personal water

craft bobbing in the water there. not going anywhere today. most of the entire central and north part of the state is right now under a tornado watch, not a warning but a watch. a good indication of just the breadth of this storm, tropical storm debby and how far its reach. from tornadoes to water spouts to flooding in the tampa area, to the one death in venus, florida, reported so far. heavy rainfall. maybe up to 20 or 25 inches before all is said and done. we're going to continue to get pounded for at least the next couple of days. soledad? >> you'll be in the middle of it. john, thanks for the update. we'll keep checking in. tornado and flood warnings are still in effect today. let's get right to meteorologist alexandra steele, in for rob this morning. >> he made really great points, john, did, because what we're looking at is this is the tropical storm and it is stationary. that's been the biggest problem

with this thing. there's no momentum. there's no movement because the steering winds are really weak. they are not moving in one direction or the other. you say here is tropical storm debby, where is tropical storm debby? you don't see it. here's the center of circulation in the gulf of mexico. over here, well to the east, is where all the convection is. it's really lopsided. also, the convection is over here on eastern side. so unorganized so these are all of the problems with it. because the steering current are so weak, the track is uncertain. this is what we call the spaghetti model. each is representing a different computer model and where they think the track of debby will go. you can see the nature, some saying north, east and this is national hurricane center official track of where they think it will go today, farther to the north, slow, not expectational to get there thursday or any. with that, this is what it will

be. the calling card will be flooding rain. you can see the potential for 12 to 24 inches. some records already 7 to 10 inches in tampa. thanks for the update, we'll keep watching that. let's get to a cnn exclusive, james clapper is expected to roll out new measures aimed at stopping government officials from blabbing. first it was the operation that killed osama bin laden then a presidential terror hit list and details about a drone program. there was information about a secret cyber war against iran and now leaked intelligence compromised an operation against al qaeda. let's get right to sus zan kelly from washington, d.c. good morning. >> good morning, you'll remember that leaked information back in may with the al qaeda operation had to do with an intelligence operation still under way and lives were put in jeopardy. that was probably one of the most serious of the leaks we've seen come out. there have been so many that have come out in the last few

weeks, members of congress are throwing up their arms and calling for something to happen. now the director of national intelligence is expected to roll out new measures this morning in the next couple of hours that will help them in terms of finding the source of those leaks. one thing that cnn is previously reported on is that he's considering a new enhanced polygraph, something called the counterintelligence polygraph that members of the government who deal with classified information have to take. he'd like to ask a question to the polygraph asking whether those people have divulged classified information to the media. that's one of the measures he's going to implementing. >> how far are those measures expected to go? >> dothy think it can go to the white house? >> that's the interesting thing about trying to understand how complicated it is to plug a leak in the intelligence world, especially in washington. these measures will be rolled out to the intelligence

community which includes the 16 different agencies that james clapper oversees. they will not reach to the white house. the president, many may not know this, the president is advised by the national security council. they will not be subject to this. so when you look at all of the different sources of leaks, there are also people in different agencies and bureaus across washington and state department and department of energy, dhs who have access to classified information who will not necessarily be covered. we're expecting him to throw down tgauntlet and say, you nee to do your part as well. >> suzanne, thank you. let's get right to christine romans with a look at today's headlines. let's start in egypt, egypt's president elect promising to represent all egypt yanz. he won by a narrow margin in egypt's first free presidential election. president obama says the u.s.

will stand by egyptians in their transition to democracy. egypt's military has recognized morsi as the new president but how much power he'll actually wield is unknown. coming up, we'll speak to jamie rubin, former assistant secretary under clinton. turkish media reporting a syrian general and two colonels are among the three dozen who defected to turkey. tensions between the two kupts are high after syria downed a fighter jet that strayed into its airspace. they gave no warning before shooting down a jet on friday. vladimir putin kicking off a middle east tour in israel. he's meeting with prime minister netanyahu and expected to discuss the crisis in syria and iran's nuclear program. he says a military strike on iran would be truly catastrophic, he's scheduled to meet with mahmoud abass

tomorrow. justices set to announce a decision maybe as early as today on the fate of president obama's health care law. the supreme court could toss the individual mandate which requires almost every american to have health insurance or pay a penalty. the high court also poised to rule on arizona's controversial immigration law. many states and cities have already adopted laws like arizona's, giving police new powers to demand people show proof of u.s. citizenship. critics say it amounts to racial profiling and harassment. another milestone at ground zero, the final beam is being installed at 4 world trade center. it will be first building to open at the world trade center site. the ceremony is happening this morning to mark the occasion. 1 world trade already has beams erected up to the 104th floor. >> the progress there has been amazing. christine, thank you. let's get more on egypt's

historic election as egyptians celebrate mohammed morsi's victory, many are watching the tense transition to democracy. it remains unclear how the ruling military council there will exactly hand over power to morsi. last week you'll remember the military greatly reduced the powers of presidency and dissolved parliament. that brings us to james rubin, former assistant secretary of state for clinton and he gave a speech in his first election speech and talked about unity, national unity. he also talked about reaching out to what would be the pro mubarak forces. what are going to be the biggest challenges in governing? >> the biggest challenge is whether people really believe him because most of his opponents in the say 48%, which is over 10 million people voted against him, the military is clearly not a supporter.

they don't believe the muslim brotherhood says exactly what it thinks. >> they've been contradictory. >> they have promised they wouldn't run for president then they did. i think it's going to be a trust deficit and he's going to have to really build credibility with the -- his opponents in the government with the people in the street and with the rest of the world. >> can he do it? >> when you read descriptions of the guy, lackluster is a word, not the right man for the job is a quote. accidental candidate is another quote. unremarkable. these are high level people, some of them within the muslim brotherhood calling him those things. >> it's clearly he is not someone who carries the care is ma of candidates in a large election. it was a second choice of the muslim brotherhood, when democracy began a year ago, people worried the first election would be go to the muslim brotherhood because they were the only ones that had a

real organization. that prediction has proved crew, the other parties, liberal secular parties have develop the a party organization that would allow them to bring out the vote. you had in the end, the military's candidate, mr. shafiq and mr. morsi and he won. not by a lot, 52-48. i think the really good news that we all should focus on as americans, the military let him win. i think given that it was a close election and given all of the other steps that they were taking to control power, there was a lot of fear that they would not allow democracy to rule and real votes to count. >> let him win while thefl really dismantled the constitution and dissolved parliament. what kind of win is that exactly? >> it's a win. he's the first freely elected president. he'll have enormous influence, the street as you can see, he has a cape abltd to bring out a lot of people.

the military with have to deal with him. a lot of egypt's democracy will come down to the relationship he builds and creates with the military behind the scenes in developing the -- the steps that need to be taken, building a constitution, electing a new parliament and creating laws where the civilians really can rule the military, which is going to be a long and difficult struggle. >> he is an islamist and he has said that he's going to preserve -- sort of generally he's going to preserve the agreements and many people look to egypt/israel agreement of 1979 i think it was. how likely do you think that that is going to be preserved or that it could be a potential problem down the road? >> it seems like he's sending out all of the right signals in recent interviews and in his statements so i don't think that's going to be a priority for his presidency. >> the dismantling? >> the dismantling of that agreement. i think what he's going to focus on as we would say in america,

domestic policy, building components of egypt's democracy and working on its huge economic challenges and leaving big foreign policy questions aside for the moment. >> he has massive work to do there. jamie rubin, nice to have you. >> nice to be with you. >> penn state is trying to put the jerry sandusky saga behind them. lawyers though have other ideas. we're going to talk to linda kelly straight ahead this morning. there was chaos at jfk after a tss screener made a mistake. the entire terminal had to be evacuated and planes had to roll back to slots, all because of what was a really, really dumb failure. it's our get real this morning. we'll tell you what happened. nba star tony parker suing, saying the new york city nightclub should never have left both of rihanna's exs in at the

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>> minding yurg business, hedge funds manager mur kin writing a $4 million check for victims of the bernie madoff scam. this will be divided. it settles a civil suit alleging he funneled billions to madoff's company without investors knowing about it. >> u.s. stock futures trading down. leaders will meet to talk about debt and banking problems in the region. demands to exports to the eu are down, that's bad for the u.s. economy and job creation here because the eurozone is a huge destination for american goods. gas prices in the u.s. falling for the 13th day in a row, unleaded now down to an average $3.41 a gallon, a drop of 13 cents in as many days and soledad, a lot of energy watchers are telling me they

think gas prices will continue to go down into the fall. >> we'll be very happy about that. thanks, christine. jerry sandusky's defense team is already planning his appeal this morning. the former penn state assistant coach was convicted of 45 out of 48 child sex abuse charges. now faces a maximum of 400 years in prison. he's expected to be sentenced within 90 days. his lawyer, joe amendola, says the appeal will be based partly on a lack of time to prepare. >> we were running many days by the seat of our pants, just trying to catch up, maybe it didn't look like that. but that's the condition we found ourselves in. we also have trial issue. we have some evidentiary issues which we'll address in post-sentence motions which can'ting filed until after the sentencing. pennsylvania's attorney jeb linda kelly's department successfully prosecuted jerry sandusky. thanks for joining us this morning. another ground for appeal that's

been talked about is this videotape from nbc, where it was edited inaccurately and sort of repeated what the question and answer between bob costas and jerry sandusky. do you think those two things, lack of time and this bad editing are enough to appeal this case? >> no, i don't. i think that in any criminal case that particularly one that carries such a possibility of a serious sentence that defendants will appeal. these are two issues that this defense team has indicated that they will base their appeal on. as far as the timing, the judge made it clear from the beginning to all of the parties that he intended to move this case along quickly. we all knew that. the commonwealth was prepared to proceed. and we were in fact happy that the speedy trial process was in effect. we were anxious to have this case brought to a conclusion so that the defendant, who was not in custody during the process,

that the case could be brought to a conclusion and we could move to have his bond revoked. as far as the interview, that was an interview that was conducted in the presence of his attorney. and we felt that it was significant and important enough to play that to the jury to see the defendant's demeanor and to show consciousness of guilt. we also believe that this case really turned on the testimony of the victims and that testimony of those victims was apara mount importance here. >> amendola said, if he could win on one of those issues, it could reverse the entire thing. here's what he said, if you win on one appeal issues, everything probably falls, all we have to do is convince an appellate court that one of the issues is worthy of a reversal. it sounds like he sounds somewhat confident. >> well, there's a difference between sounding confident and

having a merit or yus pel at issue. we have to recognize the distinction here. i think the commonwealth is comfortable that there was a fair trial, that was received by the defendant in this case and that we will be successful on any appeal. >> penn state is making moves, i've been reading, to work out deals with the victims. what happens next in the court cases that involve the state? will there be new charges against sandusky now that his adopted son has come forward to say he also was molested snd. >> i think that information has come from jerry sandusky's adopted son's attorneys. and they are free to comment in whatever fashion they see fit. but the commonwealth isn't in the same position. we're not able to comment on whether or not there will be additional charges. that will depend on where the investigation leads us. >> how about additional charges

for the penn state employees, the administrators, tim curly, formerly theage let he c age lt and schultz. >> there hasn't been a trial date set for that case. and if in the interim, we feel that we have sufficient evidence to file additional charges, we'll do that. >> all right, we'll be watching it. linda kelly is pennsylvania's attorney general. thanks for joining us, we appreciate it. >> you're very welcome. >> still ahead on "starting point", as if going through airport security isn't challenging enough. why not do it twice? you won't believe the mistake a screener made and it delayed flights for hours. we have margaret hoover, mark lamont hill, tweeting about not making it so glad to see him and there's will cain. mark's playlist there.

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welcome back to quts starting point. a couple of quick headlines, alex trebek expected to make a full recovery after a mild heart attack. trebek said to be back to work in time for a new season of "jeopardy" which starts next month. complications from a gall bladder infection, louise, born

july 25th, 1978 was a turning point in the treatment of infertility. since then more than 4 million babies have been born from invitro fertilization. >> how is everyone? >> good. >> beaming smile. >> wow, clearly on commercial break, we've got to dig into that one. >> i was in new orleans for the nebj conference. >> we have somebody ready to go to new orleans, i have restaurant recommendations. >> anthony davis, nba draft pick. margaret hoover, who had a terrific weekend, we'll dig into why straight ahead. also, mark lamont hill, professor at columbia university and will cain a columnist for the blaze.com.

a story of sadness and frustration. >> i generally like the tsa and i'm grateful for that. you know how it is, take off your shoes and belts and liquids in a bag. people at jfk had to do it twice because of a tsa worker who realized that his metal detector had been turned off. it wasn't plugged in, i guess. after hundreds of passengers had walked through it and they had no idea how long it had been off or how it happened exactly. he never realized it wasn't flashing lights when the passengers were going through. then tire terminal had to be evacuated and passengers had to be rescreened and two jumbo jets had to return to the gates and the passengers had to be rescreened, all of that because it wasn't plugged in. >> he forgot to plug it in. >> i like the fact that the tsa official position is that they had a machine malfunction. >> not going to blame it on the guy. >> the poor thing, kip holly,

one of the original director of the tsa when it was created recently wrote a book talking about the problems and failures at tsa and that necessarily, if hijackers tried to create another 9/11 today, tsa wouldn't be necessarily able to stop it. you ask yourself every time you go through the lines, is this -- is the inconvenience worth the security bumps? >> and the answer is heck no. you get strip searched going through tsa. >> you do not. >> i feel like i do, the swirly thing and push me -- i hate it. i have to take my shoes off. >> my theory is, check everybody, check everybody twice. i actually don't mind it. >> you get pushed to the front of the line. i'm stuck in the back watching you run through the express. >> exactly. >> soledad, what you describe is exactly how it works. >> how did we get on this

conversation talking bg the tsa? ahead, we're going to talk about tropical storm debby, a deadly storm threatening the florida panhandle, already bringing rain and twisters too. we have a live report on what's g going to happen with the miami heat victory parade. the supreme court could make a decision on the health care reform law. toobin was calling it a train wreck for obama administration not too long ago. he's going to join us. i love to start my mornings with kanye. we're back after the break.

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we are on alert, the supreme court is expected to make a decision on president obama's hergt care law as early as today. jeff toobin will join us in a few minutes to talk about that. >> tony parker, now claiming he almost lost his eye after that nightclub brawl between chris brown and drake. could he miss the olympics because of his injuries? we're going to talk about that straight ahead as well. first, christine romans updates us on headlines. record rainfall before it even makes landfall, tropical storm debby drenching florida as it sits off the coast. water surging into the streets, tossing boats around in sarasota. forecasters say debby could dump 2 feet of rain on florida before she's finished, that's a few days from now. john zarrella live in clearwater, florida. good morning. >> reporter: hi, christine, we're in a little bit of a break

here. sun is coming out but the rain bands continue to move in. yesterday it was particularly bad, pretty much across the entire state of florida. between tornadoes down south and water spouts on the east coast of florida, heavy flooding in areas up here just to the north of us in pascoe county to the south of us in pin ellas county. a little spin of land to my left and across that the gulf of mexico. the water is very, very rough. what people are hoping for is that this dry spot in the storm actually holds on for a while longer so some of the floodwaters that really built up yesterday will sub side. tornado watch in effect throughout much central and north florida until 2:00 p.m. eastern time. storms not moving fast. it's unclear exactly when or wear it's going to go -- come inland and of course, that

rainfall continues to pile up, christine, upwards of 2 feet of rain expected in some parts of florida before all is said and done. christine? >> thanks, john. tropical storm debby is threatening to rain on the miami heat victory parade. the champs will postpone the pair raid in there's thunder and light anyonenining lightning. out west, the our extreme, hot, dry conditions, providing the perfect fuel as wildfires burn across colorado. some 11,000 people have been evacuated in and around colorado springs after the waldo canyon fire began saturday. nearby the entire city of manitou springs is now a ghost town. the high park fire has destroyed close to 250 homes and it's only 45% contained. three people are presumed dead after two freight trains collided head on. and exploded into flames.

it happened in the town of goodwell, oklahoma, near the texas border. it's reported that the two trains were heading towards one another on the same track. the full chamber is poitzed to cite attorney general eric holder for contempt of congress. he refused to hand over some documents related to the botched fast and furious gun running stings. it was linked to the death of i a u.s. border patrol agent. he employed executive privilege to deny them those documents. djokovic will be felled by maria sharapova, it will played at the all england club.

>> i cannot wait for the olympics. >> the supreme court could issue opinions on two major legal cases this week as early as today. they'll examine if certain portions like the individual mandate should be scrapped. another key ruling that we're waiting on is whether or not arizona's controversial immigration law, you'll note it at sb 1070, is that constitutional. jeff toobin is the senior legal analyst and author of "the oath." we've been waiting on this decision in march. i'll quote you now, this was a train wreck. let's play that, shall we? >> this was a train wreck for the obama administration. this law looks like it's going to be struck down. i'm telling you, all of the predictions, including mine, that the justices would not have a problem with this law were wrong. >> do you think that's still true? do you still stand by that?

anything change between then and now that would make you change your mind? >> soledad, accountability is for other people, not for journalists. i don't like having mee words played back to me. >> you should get a lawyer. >> i will have predicted it correctly -- no, the argument went badly for the obama administration, not so much because of the performance of the solicitor general, but because the conservative justices who asked questions seemed so unremittingly hostile to the health care law. that's the last we've heard from the court. it's the only institution in washington that doesn't leak at all. we have no clues since the oral argument and i think that's how they are going to go. >> there are several ways this could break down. why don't you walk us through them. >> there are many, many ways and since you only have a two-hour program, i can't go through all of the possible options. but basically, the options are, do they strike down the entire

law? all 2700 pages or do they pick and choose provisions that are unconstitutional? the one that is most controversial that the justices seemed most hostile to is the individual mandate, the requirement in the law that every individual buy insurance, whether with their own money or subsidized by the government. that's a central provision of the law. that i think is in the most danger today. >> jeff, it's will. i see you standing in front of the supreme court. i assume that means you think something will happen, either a ruling on the health care case or on the arizona sb 1070 bill. will we see any decision on any of these today? >> reporter: we're definitely going to see decisions today and there are only five cases left from this term. i think sb 1070, the arizona immigration bill, i think we're very likely to get that decision today. the way the health care case was

argued, it was so long, there were so many different moving parts. i think they are going to give that its separate day later in the week, maybe tuesday or wednesday. >> what do you think is going to happen on the arizona case? rmt based on questions from the justices, i think they are likely to uphold the sb 1070. remember, the issue before the supreme court is not whether that law violates individual rights. the only issue before the court is does arizona bypassing this law interfear with the powers of the federal government, it's purely a state versus federal issue. and the justices, even the liberals, didn't seem to have much problem with what arizona did. >> one of things people are saying is, if the supreme court happens to strike down the arizona law or if they hold it as legal, you'll see many others states duplicating the arizona law almost immediately. legislature moving to create the same law themself. >> jeff makes an important

point. it has nothing to do with racial profiling at this point, what it has to do with is whether or not arizona has the legal right to enforce immigration laws as well. >> reporter: but there are other states, you're absolutely right, other states have already jumped on the bandwagon, especially in the south. where more conservative states have tightened immigration laws. i agree that if the court gives the green light to arizona, you're going to see more of those laws upheld and probably more of them passed. >> we should read those states we had a map up of states that have immigration enforcement laws, utah, arizona, indiana, georgia and south carolina. those that are considering same legislation, kentucky, tennessee, mississippi, florida, north carolina, virginia, rhode island, kansas, massachusetts, nebraska and pennsylvania. >> notice no other border states though. >> it was interesting -- >> not california, texas or new

mexico. >> arizona of course, already does. isn't that interesting? the border states themselves haven't tried to take immigration into their own hands. >> it's interesting when you look at polling on the supreme court and i'll bet, jeff, because you've covered the supreme court extensively in your books, americans think they are driven by politics. and you too. but that's a change from i would guess even 10 or 20 years ago, right? >> reporter: it is. i think bush v. gore was a key moment in the history of the court. it was such a partisan -- the decision was so much viewed through a partisan lens in 2000, it dealt with the presidential campaign. so that i think shifted attitudes a little bit. but the key difference between the supreme court and other two branches of government is that public attitudes fundamentally don't matter. these justices, you can agree or disagree with them, they are there for life. barack obama is not there for

life. none of the members of congress are there for life. yes, opinions ebb and flow about the supreme court but they are final. they have the last word and that's true whether we like them or not. >> jeff toobin, we appreciate it. still ahead on "starting point", back to that nightclub brawl we've been talking about the infamous chris brown versus drake. an nba star, tony parker claims he was injured in the fight. and now he's saying that could jeopardize his basketball career and suing to the tune of $20 million. >> i wish i was in that club. >> a nightclub expert? >> mark is a nightclub expert. >> extensive research i've done on this. >> the olympics this year in ways you've never seen them before, in 3-d, the ceo of getty images will tack about the brand-new gadget they are using to take amazing photographs. we're back in a moment. people with a machine.

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send them to our blog. or tweet us at starting point cnn. >> last week by the viewers? >> really good. >> friday was a great list. >> we should do themes, let's e revisit the '8's. >> they did that last week, i downloaded a lot of poison. let's talk about tony parker, the nba superstar injured when drake and chris brown's posses went at -- >> really, posse? >> i said posse on tv, yes, it's a new low in my career. he is suing nightclub for $20 million. parker says the bouncers at the club, what is the club -- wip club, have never let both of rea anna's exs in at the same time. he was hit by shards of glass and it scratched his cornea and

had to have surgery and could miss playing for olympics. >> was his eye the only injury? >> a cut on chris brown's -- >> don't go out to nightclubs. >> if you're standing next to chris brown in a nightclub, it's foreseeable that something ignorant might happen. >> foreseeability, i don't mean to get heavy is the legal claim. i don't know tony parker can make a claim to the nightclub it's foreseeable that rihanna's two exs in and a brawl erupts. >> yeah, pretty much. >> even following chris browns actions over the last year and a half. >> drake is the starter on this deal? >> yeah, according to sources, he slipped a note to chris boun's camp saying i'm still sleeping with the love of your life. which would set off a

nonpsychco. >> you're saying that chris brown maybe isn't the most -- >> one could argue. >> tightly wound maybe. >> she's a beautiful woman. >> we have to take a short break. still ahead on "starting point", the thrill and victory and agony of defeat, a new way to watch the olympics. when michele bachmann was in the gop race, she promised to end the obama care on day one of her presidency. she's not giving up that fight yet. she's joining us to talk about the pending supreme court decision on health care. here's her playlist, train, soul sister. good choice. do you see it ?

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some quick headlines. north korea slamming the u.s., japanese and south korean armies for using its flag during military drills. the communist north calls the move a grave provocative act. the south korean defense ministry says the flag was not used as a target. for the first time ever saudi

arabia will allow women to compete in the tliolympics. the country imposed the ban because it didn't want women to compete in front of men. qatar and burnai allowing women in the olympics. and womens 100 meter trials. camera shot at 3,000 frames per second showed the two-runners finish in an absolute dead heat for third place. both crossed the finish line at 11.06:08 seconds. officials are trying to decide what to do because only the top three make the team. the 2012 olympic games will kick off next month and will be photograph this year in ways you have never seen before. getting images which is the official agency of the olympic committee is deploying some new gadgets to capture the games in

3-d for the first time. photographers will use time lapse photography. the co-founder and ceo of getty images is here. walk me through some of these new gadgets and strategies for capturing pictures. >> what we want to do we want to get slightly ahead of the game. when you go back years and years ago, what was the photo? camera was a document or a record. here's digital allowed us to have a narrative. now what does everyone want? interactive. so what these techniques give sue a much more interactive experience. for example, panoramics, high resolution you can zoom in and see yourself in the crowd or a friend of yourself in the crowd, tweet it or facebook and much more immersive. we're doing 3-d, panoramics. we've also got some robotics installed so take images from angles that have never been shot

before. >> how much convincing did you have to do? in the olympic games everything is on the line, to have someone around who could interfere in some possible capacity. >> and this is our 12th olympic games as official partner to the ioc. so touch word, some risk. they trust us. we've done so many different things over so many different games that we have a very close relationship, and it doesn't mean they are not fussy and they make sure we don't interfere, but we've been working with them on preparation for the london games since london got the bid six or seven years ago. there's years and years of preparation. >> i'm really curious. what events will be transformed through the new technology. any specific events you can see in an entirely new way? >> a lot of events where you want aerial photography will be seen in a different way. what we're doing is old news to

you broadcasters. robotics and rigs but never been done with still photography. coming in from above will be very interesting. in addition from the 3-d perspective some of the action events will be very exciting in 3-d. i was just looking at the photo finish that you just showed a moment ago in a previous slot. that would be fantastic in 3-d. would be able to see even better. >> we just had a picture up while you were talk. you talked about overhead and aerial shots. are you talking about a little helicopter mounted with a camera. >> some of that but mainly the rigs will be placed on roofs or on the flood light. unfortunately a lot of the london events and venues haven't been set up with thinking about photography, which is extremely disappointing to us. and it's always thought about from the broadcast perspective given the money. we had to come up with these rigs to give us these great shots. one. shots which i picked out for us

to look at is the shot of a weight lifter celebrating from above. that was easy in beijing because of the design of the hole and how we were able to put a remote there. not always quite as easy. >> how do you see the images once you create this whole database of images. >> as far as 3-d is concerned you need a 3-d enabled device or put on the glasses. we're relying on our partners. we're relying how our partners like yourselves will make that available. as far as the panoramics are concerned, go on the website, click and zoom around and get right into exactly what you want to look at. >> what kind of lessons did you learn from the royal wedding. that was a big event for your coverage. what did you take from that to say this is how we'll apply that to olympics. >> number one lesson is preparation. one of the things we do for the olympic games is we set up our office as if we were in the media center, we take office space in london and every last

inch of the office is set up so that same as our media center office. secondly we use a lot of people. we use a lot. we have 110 people covering the olympics. we had 110 people covering the royal wedding. 54 of them are photographers. we're all over. then finally we use specialists. the key is to use specialists. we have folks who are brilliant in under water photography. i'm not saying they aren't good at other things but they are good at that. the preparation is key. >> and pictures for the royal wedding is amazing. nice to have you with us this morning. >> thank you. >> we got lots to get to. we'll talk to congresswoman michele bachmann straight ahead along with the potential number one draft pick in the nba draft pick. lot to get to this morning. got to take a break. [ male announcer ] at scottrade, we believe the more you know, the better you trade. so we have ongoing webinars and interactive learning,

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leaks the director of national intelligence is taking some new steps to stop classified information from getting out. cnn has exclusive details this morning. a packed show ahead with congressman bachmann. we're talking to the number one draft pick in the nba anthony davis. chaka khan will join us. starting point begins right now. ♪ i like it. >> monday morning. >> that's why we fight. >> margaret hoover's play list. on our panel. author of "american individualism mountains. and the professor from columbia university. and a columnist at the

blaze.com. >> we just heard the supreme court may rule on the constitutionality of president obama's hearth reform law. one of the key issues that the justices are looking at is the law's individual mandate which requires all americans get health insurance or face steep fines. congresswoman michele bachmann has been one of the most outspoken critics of the law. her opposition was a key part of her campaign earlier this year. listen. >> as president of the united states i will not rest until i repeal obamacare. it's a promise. >> she's been closely watching the supreme court's decision. nice to see you. thanks for being with us, congresswoman. appreciate your time this morning. >> good morning. >> what do you think will happen. we know obviously in front of the supreme court, we were updated it could happen today. what do you think the result will be? >> well we're all hopeful, of course, there will be a full scale repeal of obamacare because what toept focus on is

bringing down the cost for every american, making health care cheaper and more affordable and more accessible and we know that's a real possibility if we can get rid of this law. >> let's talk a little bit about the folks who don't have health care because this law would propose to cover them something like 49.9 million people, 7.3 million of them are children. what do you propose to do for those people who are not covered? >> well that is what we want to do because we know there are millions of americans who are suffering without health insurance. there are some option that can happen that are painless without a lot of cost. one of those would quite simply being letting every american buy any insurance policy they want anywhere in the united states of america and today americans can't use their own tax-free money to purchase any health care they need. i think they should and then finally we could have true medical malpractice reform.

that would quickly bring down the cost of health care and as soon as you bring down the cost you have millions more americans that can access the health care >> you're against the mandate and that's what the supreme court is going to be digging in to this week. people say listen there are mandates all over the place. we mandate people to pay tax, we mandate people to insure their cars if they want to drive. why are your against the mandate? >> this is unprecedented. teen supreme court said that. this is absolutely unprecedentled because government has ever before at the federal level forced an american to purchase a product or a service just because that individual breathes. every american is forced to buy a service or product under obamacare which is essentially a tax because government has the monolie, they have all the decision-making and americans are forced to buy a very expensive product even if they don't want it.

that's never happened before in over 235 years of our country. this isn't the time to start that now. especially on something as intimate and personal as health care. >> polls show when they poll people about health care, 47% are against the law. and 43% are for the law. so it's pretty close. when you add to those who are for the law, the 13% who are against it, because they don't think the law goes far enough that would add up to 56%. do you worry that your polling against what the populace want? >> no, because actually the polling shows about 70% of the american people want obamacare either repealed or reformed. they want it changed. so this is a highly unpopular law. probably no other law in recent memory has been as unpopular as the president's health care plan and i think it's quite simply people realize government has called all the shots and the

people pay all of the bills. people don't want politicians making their health care decisions for them, they want to make their own health care decisions with their doctors. >> congresswoman stand by for one moment while we discuss the politics with this with our panelists. what we see is this debate in front of the supreme court but a bigger debate. >> the debate will move very quickly. the republicans have advocated repeal and replace. we need to focus on what that replace could be because if the supreme court goes the way we think it will, what's next. the congresswoman pointed out a couple of things that the republicans would be proposing. buy insurance across state lines, medical malpractice tort reform. something has to be done between employment and insurance. we'll have this debate very soon again. what's next? >> one of the other challenges even people for whom this is unpopular still like many dimensions of the reform policy.

right now in an election season people don't want to feel like crucial things to cover their children up to 25 are being taken away from them. we need concrete solutions. >> do you worry about that in an election year that the obama campaign could leverage, if it is killed, could leverage off of that and say this is a huge, you know, use the killing of the law in order to get leverage? >> i think because the law has been so widely unpopular, we haven't heard the president even talking about his signature piece of legislation during his presidency. even go back to the state of the union address, the president didn't refer to it. in all likelihood that's because even by the government's nonpartisan own estimates, 4 million americans are slated to lose their employer health insurance. why? because it's so expensive that employers, millions of them will be dropping the health insurance of their employees. so there are so many negative

ramifications that have already occurred. in fact just this last year health insurance premiums skyrocketed. they went up three times faster than in 2010. health insurance premiums speck over 9% just this last year. that's part of the reason why it's so wildly unpopular and why i think you see the president not wanting to talk about his health care plan. >> congresswoman michele bachmann. nice to see you. thanks for talking to us. >> but i think you have competing forces here. there are people who believe that people who are in poverty and cannot afford to buy their own health insurance should be insured in some capacity otherwise you pay for them anyway. >> exactly. >> they show up at the emergency room. >> that's what you hear from representative bachmann. they are saying we need to reform the marketplace so everyone can afford the insurance rather than have a government mandate. >> can you have -- when you talk about buying insurance that

everyone can afford, certain people -- if we just drop a little bit i could afford it. >> exactly. people opt not to do it. that's the problem with market based solutions. there's winners and losers. there are times when the government needs to protect those who can't protect themselves we end up paying for it anyway. >> those are very fair points. we'll see from republicans if they have an answer to it. how do you get as many people insured. do we lower costs. and no matter how much you lower it still won't. >> not just about how republicans respond to it. what are democrats going to do. this will be a huge defeat for obama whether this is overturned or not this is a political issue the president will have to contend with over the next five months and neither way is advantageous to him. >> i disagree with you. >> losing this could strengthen president obama's momentum. it's a huge defeat in terms of the legislation, but i think it will look like republicans did everything they could with a

partisan supreme court to push the most aggressive piece of public policy. >> that's the major argument you'll see from the democrats. they will blame the supreme court for this decision rather than going the merits of whether it was constitutional or not. >> ultimately it's going to be a very political, it's a leverage point. if you can say they killed hearth, they killed you, you have a child who has a pre-existing condition then you're going to see people hold out in ad, they killed health care. >> he's so far out of the bounds of what's constitutional. >> got to stop. let's get to christine romans. she has an update on stories making headlines. >> let's start with this big storm deadly before it makes landfall. tromd hammering florida with extreme weather.

sitting off the florida panhandle. whipping up dangerous surf, triggering this huge waterspout. it spawned a dangerous tornado causing the death of a woman in venice. two feet of rain could fall before it's all over. we go clearwater, florida. good morning, john. >> reporter: you mentioned it. tornadoes. water spouts. power outages. flooding. coastal flooding. heavy rain. you know, just about the entire state of florida has seen some effect or multiple effects from tropical storm debby the past 24 to 48 hours. hillsborough county in tampa, south of us here, heavy flooding in hillsborough county in the tampa area, st. petersburg area and north of us as well. one thing, those you can see the sun is out here this morning. and that is good news. at least for now it appears that the heavy storms, those heavy

squalls have kind of died out in tropical storm debby. doesn't necessarily mean they won't regenerate but for now a good time for people in florida to kind of dry out and hope that this thing is weakening and weakening further. christine. >> let's get the latest on tr d trotromd r r tropical storm debby. >> national hurricane center coming out with its advisory. not a lot has changed. it's stationary as is the movement. the problem with that we're seeing this persistent onshore flow with winds. increased coastal flooding, flooding that's the calling card with debby. we'll see multiple high tide cycles maybe four while this is still a player out there. forecast rainfall totals now just in the latest computer

model run, quite significantly less than what we saw just a few hours ago. now here's where the heaviest rain will be south of savannah along the 95 corridor but not an excessive ten. we're working between six and ten. certainly some changes. it's evolving. we'll talk more about the bigger picture and what this will mean in a little bit. >> one for all and all for egypt. president elect mohamed morecy calling for national unity as he begins to form a government. the devil in the details while egypt's ruling military recognizes morecy as the new president has taken control of many of the president's powers and dissolved parliament. so the extent of morecy's authority remains unclear. convicted child molester jerry sandusky is being held in proo textive custody. his defense team floong appeal his conviction on 45 counts of sexual abuse of young boys.

linda kelly's department successfully prosecuted sandusky. >> i think that the commonwealth is comfortable that there was a fair trial, that was received by the defendant in this case and that we will be successful on any appeal. we also believe this case really turned on the testimony of the victims and that testimony of those victims was a paramount importance here. >> be sandusky faces more than 400 years in prison. >> the final beam is being installed this morning at the world trade center. first building to open. a ceremony will take place about two hours from now. the site's anchor building has been erected up to 104th floor. thanks, christine. appreciate that. still ahead this morning on "starting point" today's tough call, how old is too old to be

behind the wheel. and break out star of the ncaa tournament anthony davis will join us. the big man heading into the pros. is he bound for the big easy. he'll talk about that. nice to have you. congratulations to you. keep our fingers crossed for thursday. we'll bring in a chair for you in one second. nba fans are gearing up for the draft this weekend. [ male announcer ] count the number of buttons in your car. now count the number of buttons on your tablet. isn't it time the automobile advanced? introducing cue in the all-new cadillac xts. the simplicity of a tablet has come to your car. ♪ the all-new cadillac xts has arrived. and it's bringing the future forward.

assure my patients get evthe very best care.ake but look at our health care system. everyone agreed we needed reforms -- but this new health care law -- it just isn't fixing things. president obama promised my patients that they could keep me -- but what if because of this new health care law -- i can't keep them? i've looked at this law. i know the consequences: delayed care and worse yet -- denied care. studies show the president's health care law is projected to add hundreds of billions of dollars to our deficit -- and increase spending by more than a trillion dollars. and the truth is -- we still don't know how much this law will eventually cost. i don't want anything to come between my patients and me -- especially washington bureaucrats. we need real reform that improves care, and the president's health care law just isn't it. it just isn't worth it. this is where health care decisions should be made. not in washington.

the nba draft this thursday and there is one player and one team who seem destined to each other. new orleans hornets scored the first-round draft pick and are expected to go with anthony davis. he was named the most outstanding player of the final four this season. anthony will find out on thursday if he becomes the new face of the hornets franchise. nice to have you with us. are you nervous? >> not really. >> no? >> not really. take it a day at a time.

a lot going on. >> you're 19 years old. that's pretty calm for at 19-year-old. you'll leave school, you're a sophomore right now. was it hard to make that decision about leaving? >> very hard. my mom wanted me to stay in school and get my degree and my dad, he won a national championship. go to college to follow your dreams and his dreams of playing in the nba. we had a debate. at the end of the day it was my decision and i felt it was a chance for me to go to the nba and get drafted. to be drafted overall, i decided to go. >> this is what they say about you. they say you are a can't miss prospect. mark and i were talking he's -- >> i said you were a can't miss. >> if he can't miss he's the first since lebron. that means you're more can't miss than guys like blake griffin and derek rose. what kind of pressure is that on you

>> a lot of pressure. i down play a lot of it. 19 years old. so a lot of pressure, but i think i can handle it. >> you also have like, i think, the draft today is much different or even just basketball. you're celebrities now. it's just a much different game than it was 20 years ago. >> it is. guys are running up to the car at red lights trying to get autographs. very weird. >> you're a big deal kentucky, but this is already just kind of out of control. who do you surround yourself with for support to make sure that things don't go crazy. >> family and friends. guys i can trust. make our they are always on my side. make sure no guy coming in just because now that i have fame, so i just have to make sure everybody around me -- >> what do you do to prep for

the nba. you have the height and talent but you obviously aren't built for the nba. what kind of stuff are you doing? >> protein shakes? >> actually i am. protein shakes. make sure i go to the weight room. cardio going. make sure i'm in shape. different level than college. >> when do you have on your device there? >> it's a new nba mobile app. with this app fans can watch a live telecast from their android phones. so pretty nice app. a lot of feeds. highlights during the season. >> you just give your mom and dad the phone and say they don't have to come to the draft they can just watch it live. instantaneous and high quality. >> nice app. i love it. >> great. >> when you get your nba contract you sign it and get that big check what's the first thing you'll buy. >> i'm not sure.

a bentley. that's my dream car. a white bentley. >> no, no. no. >> he can get the white on white band. >> rent it. lease it. lease to own. nice to have you. thanks for coming and talk to us. we wish you the best of luck. new orleans is my favorite city ever so i'm excited for you to go there. thanks for being with us. got to take a break. ahead on "starting point" we love chaka khan. she's with us this morning. how do you tell your mom or dad it's time to put down the car keys? new debate raging about keeping baby boomers from getting behind the wheel. we're back in just a minute. pa? [ music plays, record skips ] hi, i'm new ensure clear. clear, huh? my nutritional standards are high. i'm not juice or fancy water, i'm different. i've got nine grams of protein.

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>> i love that movie. i'm dying to see that movie. supposed to be pro girl and fun. >> my wife and kids saw think it weekend. scary for the 4-year-old. >> everything is scary for 4-year-olds. >> our tough call should drivers over teenage of 65 be kept from driving. an article from "newsweek" makes the case. there's several cases of drivers in their 80s going the wrong way. driving skills deteriorate as we age which increases the likelihood. interesting statistic. he said that drivers over teenage of 85 are twice as likely to crash as a teenage driver. >> over the age of 85? >> there's some people who are over the age ever 85. 65 seems a little young to be taking away car keys. >> this is not the only

generational clash we have in our society. again, the baby boomers. here they come. they are impacting our society in negative ways. they are so expensive. now they are on the road. >> 65 is young. >> it is young. my father drove at 65. he's 83. around 75 he became dangerous. i would have liked to have a law and i would have liked to say dad it's illegal. >> once you have a drivers license. can't we say you have to pass a driving test every four or five years. >> you raise a great point because they test teenagers. if you're a teenager you get your driver's license you have to past three rounds of tests. they just do an eye test and send them their driver's license in the mail. implementing these tests for elderly are a cost. states have to beef up their

budgets which they don't have. >> has anybody successfully sued because someone has been allowed to have a driver's license. if you get killed by an elderly person you could sue. >> states protect themselves. >> 65 is too young. i would say at 78. >> retirement ages for people. pilot, for example, faa force pi lots to retire at 65 and 70. if you have to retire flying an airplane. >> they can still fly. >> they can't be commercial airline pilots. >> no concrete law because too many people are capable. but you have tests in laws to make sure people are safe. same for anything. >> you bring in the gun issue. >> and we're moving on. still ahead on "starting point" director of national against wants to lake loose lips a thing of the past.

we have details about what he's doing to stop classified information from being leaked. tropical storm debby, bringing heavy rain, spawning twisters. not set to hit land for a couple of days. i love her, chaka khan. she's here. mentors women who are in need. she started it right after she got the idea from doing a concert in new orleans. we'll be back in just a moment. you're watching "starting disappoint." ♪

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point". oscar winner m ira sorvino is here in a few minutes. plugging the leaks the director of national intelligence james clapper is expected to roll out new measures aimed at stopping government officials blabbing to the media. first it was that operation in which osama bin laden was killed and a terror hit list and a drone program. information about a secret cyber war against iran and now some leaked intel compromised an operation against al qaeda. that brings us to suzanne kelly, she has exclusive details on this from washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the intelligence community here in washington is waking up to some pretty tough new directives from the director of national intelligence. one of them is an enhanced counter intelligence polygraph. these people who deal with classified information and are subject to this polygraph and

will see a new question added whether they divulged classified information to a member of the media. one of the initiatives being implemented. new teeth in terms of directing, detecting where those leaks come from. we'll have more on that. one of the things driving this too and why it's so difficult, there's so many different government agencies that have access to this classified information. clapper believed he had to do something in at least deterring people from talking to members of the media. >> surprise there wasn't a polygraph ahead of time. i would have assumed that question in the polygraph about whether or not you've been leaking things to the media. how far will it go? who is going to be under the umbrella of these new measures? all the way up to the white house? >> reporter: great question. if you understand the intelligence community there are 16 different agencies and these new directives will apply to all

of those 16 agencies that clapper oversees. there are employees at the department of state, department of energy, department of homeland security, the white house that are not going to fall under these measures. clapper is throwing down the gauntlet and asking for his colleagues to do something very similar. they will not cover the national security council which advices the president on issues of national security and as you know there are members of congress who have been up in arms and some have pointed the finger at the white house and said they have intentionally put out information in order to make the president look stronger before the election, something the white house has denied i'll add. >> thank you, suzanne. let's go christine for an update on headlines. >> record rainfall before it makes landfall, tropical storm debby drenching florida as it sits just off the coast. water surging in to the streets, tossing boats around in sarasota. nowhere near down. our meteorologist is tracking

the storm for us. >> hi to you. you're seeing tropical storm debby. where is it? not textbook but here's the center of circulation, so it is there. the center of circulation, 90 miles south-southwest of apalachicola, but all the convection has been on the eastern side so it's lopsided, it's poorly organized. not textbook but one thing we've seen and has been consistent its stationary and stationary is not good news. not a quick hitter, not coming in and moving out. potential for heavy rain we've seen record rain in places like tampa. now this is where the expectation is in the next 24 hours for the heaviest rain to be and you can see in southeast georgia now, but now not in excess of 10 inches between six and ten from savannah to jacksonville that purple denoting where the heaviest rain will be but, again, the problem is the track and there's just no strong steering currents right now, they are so weak that it's not moving it one way or the

other. national hurricane center putting this out, this is the expectation where they think the track will go. but at this point kind of the final destination of the center of circulation, less important than the impacts that we're seeing in flooding, certainly will seem to be the biggest impact of this with all the rain that we've seen. tropical threat still there. tropical storm warnings posted for the gulf. more in just a bit. >> out west they could use some rain. hot dry conditions providing the perfect fuel for wildfires burning across colorado. about 11,000 people have been evacuated in and around colorado springs after the waldo canyon fire began there on saturday. the nearby city is a ghost town. the biggest of the fires is 45% contained. two major decisions expected from the supreme court this week. justice set to make a decision on the fate of president obama's health care law. the supreme court could toss the individual mandate that requires almost every american to have

health insurance or pay a penalty. the high court is also poised to rule on arizona's controversial immigration law. that law gives police new powers to demand people show proof of u.s. citizenship if law enforcement has reasonable suspicion. >> thank you. education could be the next hot button issue in the presidential campaign. a new gallup poll has american confidence in our public schools set at an all time low of 29%. that's down 5% from just last year. mitt romney says he's ready to challenge president obama over the issue. he's voicing his support for a voucher based system that will let many parents choose which school to send their children to. listen to mitt romney speak at the chamber of commerce last month. >> i'm going to give the parents of every low-income and special needs student the chance to choose where their child goes to school. for the first time in history,

federal education funds will be linked to the student so that parents can send their child toni public or charter school of their choice. [ applause ] >> the founder of capital prep magnet school in hartford, connecticut. a school i know pretty well. nice to see you steve. what do you think of mitt romney's, what he's announcing there, federal education funds that will be connected to the student and he doesn't use the word vouchers but that's really what he's talking about. >> i think it's phenomenal. when you talk to most educational reformers in the united states of america running the best schools in the country they would say the same thing. down with the notion you can go into a failed school, bring in this amazing principal and he or she will make sure everybody get on the same page in a reasonable time. mitt romney is understanding you have to begin to make education reform at the speed of children as opposed to the comfort of adults. what we've done so far is take the comfort of adults.

how comfortable are we in reforming a school in five year, six year, ten year plans next year your child can go to a school that's good. right now in new york city there are 51,000 children on waiting lists to get into schools. >> the arguments against number one people point to what happened in d.c. and they say the statistics don't seem to bear out for that particular case. there are other states as well. and number two, mark is like dying over here. >> i'm about to beat my head into this table. >> why? >> no, no. here's my concern. one, i get that we need alternatives to broken schools. but i have yet to hear an argument that's compelling and persuasive to show vouchers provide an alternative particularly when every major ever done in milwaukee and cleveland show that they don't work. >> that's not true. when you look at the voucher programs in milwaukee what you look at is insufficient voucher. a voucher program in which they

stay in their local public school they get approximately $12,000 per pupil. if they go to a charter school they get $6,000. voucher program that works look at student financial aid. loups children to go to school like notre dame and penn state and doesn't discern whether it's public, private or religious school. they get to go the best school for that child. we've seen vouchers work. vouchers work throughout the public sector. medicaid a voucher. any other public money that's used for private goods and services is a voucher program. when we finally start to look at vouchers for real that's what we get. >> public money to fund private schools instead of public money that should be used to fix public schools. i mean i think ultimately -- >> the schools -- the money is not for the schools it's for the children. we pay our taxes not to keep this building open, but to ensure that the children within it get an education. that's the point. the point of receiving public money is not so that you can run

a bureaucracy that you can make sure that's comfortable unions can stay in there and their supporters can stay in there and be fake liberal, they look what children need. >> did you just call somebody a fake liberal? steve perry i love arguing with you first thing in the morning. we have to bring him in in person. i want him in person. >> we got to take a short break. thank you, steve. still ahead on "starting point," chaka khan, chaka khan, she's with us. she will talk how she's giving back to women. thanks for playing that. you want me to rap for you? >> please do. >> no thank you. also ahead this morning, m ira sorvino will join us. you're watching "starting point". great shot.

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chaka khan. chaka khan. chaka khan. ♪ chaka khan >> i love that song but i just asked chaka khan if she gets sick of that song. we love chaka khan. we love her because she's a ten time grammy award singer with an incredible voice. she's helping women live their dreams. she launched a program to help women in the new orleans area with financial and employment needs. the transformation program helped a group of women to accomplish their goals. next moshe will salute 33 women who are graduating from the program at this year's essence music festival. tell me about why you decided to pick a number of women to try to help them. >> well, i went essentially to the essence festival last year to perform as usual.

>> right. >> and, you know, every year i've gone and many years i have gone new orleans has this, you know, this undercurrent going on that's really solid and steeped in history and really fun. this time, however, when i went last year, i felt some kind of glitch going on. it didn't feel right. >> people are still hurting there. >> yeah. really in bad shape. i was talking to women in the hotel, i went up to the room, checking in, asking them what's going on. >> what did they tell you >> one woman told me in the elevator she lost her whole family. she lost her grandmother, mother and two aunts in one fell swoop. it floored me. i'm coming here to sing and leave. >> you're not coming to sing this year. >> last year i decided when i went essence and i need to make

this and turn this essence festival into something that will benefit the community, you know, because there's so many women -- women were still living in their cars. their kids living in their cars. staying with friend to friend. >> so now you've helped 33 women who will graduate. tell me what the ceremony will be like? >> i went back this past april to check on my girls i call them. and see how they are doing. i found these women completely transformed from a year before. i found women closing on houses. opening businesses. businesses started already. one woman, for instance started an all girl rock band, i'll be performing with her and her band. just -- i didn't recognize them and they were completely different women. >> will you take on a new set of women. >> yes. the whole theme is super life

transformation and the whole thing is to play it forward. women who graduate this year will become mentor for the next group of women. >> you've had some interesting life experiences. >> tell me about it. >> you talk a lot about it in your concerts openly about struggles and drug use and stuff so you turn what you've been able to overcome. i want to come to the graduation. we'll take the show there. i want to hear you play with the rock band. >> i'll be singing. >> i want to see that. nice to see you chaka. we won't play that song any more because you're sick of it. i love it. still ahead on "starting point," oscar-winning actress mira sorvino will be talking about her new movie right after the break. [ male announcer ] this is the at&t network...

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♪ mira sorvino won an academy award when she was 28 years old for her work in the woody allen movie "mighty aphrodite."

now she plays a woman with a bipolar disorder in a new movie. >> whatever you said, whatever i said, got to forget it. get over it. i don't want another three years to go by like this. oh, my god. look at this place. crazy, awesome. i love this couch. >> what are you doing here? >> can't have a dog here. he's a dog but not a dog. >> why are you here? since when do you dome the city. >> this is perfect. >> this is perfect then she moves in. mira sorvino is with us. it's about a conflict and lot of love between two sisters who have been estranged. >> yes we're two sisters who haven't spoken in three years. there's a lot of family baggage, a lot of background and i am a little crazy but also very insightful. at first you find me annoying and then you end up rooting for me wane. they have a lot to work out.

they are both hiding huge secrets. it's an emotional who-dun-it. they keep peeling off layers and revealing some truth. they lie to themselves and other people who they are. >> you never knew they were sisters and then there was the big reveal. you like those character whose are nutty and annoying and become very vulnerable and you fall in love with them. you don't know where the turn happened. >> you worried in the beginning of this movie you might find her too annoying because i'm having a break down in union square. because we did it on a small camera people didn't know we were doing a movie. people would come up to me. are you all right? >> have to get releases from those accidental characters of the movie. >> we did. i got into an argument with a

guy who was selling honey and i was asking for chia seeds. i'm helping my sister make thanksgiving dinner. the guy got mad at me. >> he was clearly selling honey. local, organic. >> at union square. >> is there a big difference between doing an indy and well funded film. >> on a well funded film this film would have taken three days to make. we shot it in 15 days. >> big production of numerous people around and cameras. you said you were at union square with a small camera. people thought you weren't acting. >> some people knew, some didn't. they would offer comments to me as i went along. >> did you a little hand-held. >> canon 5-d. amazing camera. picture quality is amazing and you can light it with a candle. >> is there something that frees up when you do it that way. did you like it more than the three month production?

>> it was nice we shot it sequentially. we shot it in order. things changed. nancy rewrote things as the story progressed because the story evolved in a different way once she saw it play. that's a luxury you never have in a movie. also she was very lovely with me, allowing me to improv a lot. the camera is good for catching, it's very flew ud and like another person watching. >> you just had your fourth baby. i guess it might be easier if you do a 15 shoot rather than moving somewhere for a three month shoot. how do you make that work? i'm taking notes. i want to know. >> i don't work on as long jobs as i used to. i spend a lot more time with my kids. i'm very oriented towards them. i'm in love with them. they delight me so much. you know, i try and until keep

my career current but i don't work all year long like i used to when i was -- you know right after my aphrodite i would do back-to-back movies and have three weeks off a year and burned out. i'm happier now but no, sir as busy. i'm busy but not as professionally. >> the movie is called "union square." >> end point up next. back in a moment. peppery poblano, sweet butternut. we're roasting, and grilling to create must-have meals with no preservatives. lean cuisine. be culinary chic.

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